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Presidency of Bill Clinton

Bridging Centuries: Fin de Siecle All Over Again

Paul Wolfowitz | Mar 01, 1997
While one might wish that the voters would show more interest in such foreign policy issues as Bosnia, Iraq, or Korea, and object to the tendency to reduce all foreign policy to trade policy, it has to be conceded that there is a certain short-ran

Gone to the Lake: Republicans and Foreign Policy

Jonathan Clarke | Jun 01, 1996
In a July 1995 speech before an enraptured audience assembled atWashington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, HouseSpeaker Newt Gingrich addressed the broad issues of post-Cold WarU.

The World Trade Center Bomb: Who is Ramzi Yousef? And Why It Matters

Laurie Mylroie | Dec 01, 1995
According to the presiding judge in last year's trial, the bombing of New York's World Trade Center on February 26, 1993 was meant to topple the city's tallest tower onto its twin, amid a cloud of cyanide gas.

Who Won the Trade War?

Robert B. Zoellick | Sep 01, 1995
Now that there is an armistice in the latest phase of the trade war with Japan, it is instructive to evaluate President Clinton's settlement, the costs of achieving it, and the implications for U.
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Commentary

The Three Amigos

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Aug 12, 2009
Instead of spouting platitudes, Obama should have pressed Canada and Mexico for closer cooperation on drugs, energy and trade at the Guadalajara summit.

Staying on the Job?

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Sep 23, 2008
America’s problems will not go away after the election. The winner in November should consider keeping Robert Gates on to help with the transition.

The Case for a North American Customs Union

Stephen Probyn | May 12, 2004
America's only really important strategic interest in the Gulf region is energy - a factor which is likely to double from the current 2.

Blogs

It's Time for America to Downsize

Jacob Heilbrunn | Nov 11, 2010
Closing "the Lippmann gap" could make or break Obama's presidency.

A Crisis of Confidence

Paul Behringer | Sep 02, 2010
The Post and Karl Rove are baffled: where is Obama's "resolve" and "confident voice" on Afghanistan and Iraq?

Books & Reviews

The Guns of 17th Street

Jonathan Clarke | Mar 01, 2001
A dissection of the few pluses and many minuses of the crusading approach to American foreign policy.

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